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Obesity Can Trim 10 Years Off Life
Health & Wellness  (tags: food, diet, health, healthcare, humans, prevention, protection, exercise, study )

Cal
- 278 days ago - usatoday.com
Weighing too much may take as much as a decade off your life, according a new analysis of studies that involved 900,000 people
Heart Disease Risk Soars With Obesity, Diabetes
Health & Wellness  (tags: disease, obesity, diabetes )

Karen
- 493 days ago - health.yahoo.com
People who are both obese and have diabetes are highly likely to develop heart disease during their lifetime, a new study shows.
Moisturizers Up Skin Cancer in Mice
Health & Wellness  (tags: cancer, health, research, protection, cosmetics, women )

Jen
- 494 days ago - webmd.com
Four commonly used moisturizers promoted skin cancers in mouse studies. Mice are not men. But the unexpected finding suggests that these -- and perhaps other products -- may not be as safe as they're thought to be.
Charles Warns GM Farming Will End in Ecological Disaster
Health & Wellness  (tags: Alternative, diet, farming, food, environment, food, genetic, genetic modification, GMO, government, health, humans, interesting, investigation, news, nutrition, prevention, protection, research, risks, safety, science, society, study, warning )

Todd
- 492 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Prince Charles has warned that the adoption of genetic modification in farming has set the world on course for "the biggest disaster, environmentally, of all time".
Are You Caffeinated Enough to Blurb This Book?
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, nutrition, illness, treatment, disease )

Ma
- 493 days ago - newyork.craigslist.org
More and more caffeine abuse victims are showing up in the nation's emergency rooms. A recent report noted 4,600 caffeine-related calls to the American Association of Poison Control Centers.
Cancer Victim Wants to Live So She Can Warn Others of Dangers of Smoking
Health & Wellness  (tags: cancer, health, disease, risks )

Karen
- 493 days ago - troyrecord.com
A woman living in Cohoes Ny knows the reason why she has bad lungs and wants to share her story. She blames herself for smoking...
Food Diaries Help With Weight Loss OH NO I THINK I HAVE WRITTERS CRAMP!!!
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, healthcare, interesting, medicine, research, risks, safety, warning, treatment, study, society, humans, children, food )

Suzybell
- 531 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
Eat a Pop-Tart? Write it down. Eat an orange? Write it down. If you're trying to lose weight, the simple act of keeping a food diary can double the number of pounds you shed, according to a new study that tracked the weight-loss efforts of 1,700 obese or
77 Surprising Health Benefits of Yoga
Health & Wellness  (tags: Yoga, Health, Fitness, Exercise, Meditation )

Neelakant
- 531 days ago - nursingdegree.net
Over the past several years, yoga has experienced an upsurge in popularity in the western world.The practice of yoga has many health benefits associated with it, so read below to discover 77 benefits to be gained.
Cholesterol Drugs for 8 AND EVEN 2 Year Olds!!!
Health & Wellness  (tags: healthcare, health, children, babies, disease, illness, humans, family, medicine, nutrition, protection, prevention, treatment )

Roseann
- 531 days ago - naturalnews.com
Big Pharma Gone Wild - cholestrol testing and statin drugs for 2 to 8 years old - How INSANE is that? What about drs advising parents to get kids started w/ healthy eating habits for life?
New Drug Slows Thyroid Cancer
Health & Wellness  (tags: Thyroid Cancer, experimental drug )

Karen
- 537 days ago - news.yahoo.com
An experimental drug that inhibits tumor blood vessel formation slows the progression of metastatic thyroid cancer in some patients.
 
 
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